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New York Times Crossword August 16 2026 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 140 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 140 clues from the New York Times Crossword for August 16 2026. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Across

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Work parodied by Umberto Eco's "Granita"61 AcrossReveal answer → Subject of Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter"37 AcrossReveal answer → One's opponents410 AcrossReveal answer → Uncool414 AcrossReveal answer → Untold618 AcrossReveal answer → Down Under runners419 AcrossReveal answer → Caramel-filled candy421 AcrossReveal answer → Word following bear or honey422 AcrossReveal answer → _ATSO_ and _EKYL_2123 AcrossReveal answer → Astonished, informally527 AcrossReveal answer → With 45-Across, many a correspondent328 AcrossReveal answer → Do business729 AcrossReveal answer → Uncle, in Uruguay330 AcrossReveal answer → Water nymph of Greek myth531 AcrossReveal answer → Poet's Muse533 AcrossReveal answer → Memorial ___ Kettering (New York City medical facility)534 AcrossReveal answer → _RAVES1936 AcrossReveal answer → It may be petrified641 AcrossReveal answer → Acknowledge542 AcrossReveal answer → El ___, Tex.443 AcrossReveal answer → Sass344 AcrossReveal answer → See 28-Across345 AcrossReveal answer → Eggy quaff347 AcrossReveal answer → Trudge448 AcrossReveal answer → Approaching450 AcrossReveal answer → Some funerary selections454 AcrossReveal answer → SAG_1656 AcrossReveal answer → Stands for speakers560 AcrossReveal answer → Preserver of freshness462 AcrossReveal answer → Sent663 AcrossReveal answer → Place for a sailor's anchor, informally564 AcrossReveal answer → Hunk467 AcrossReveal answer → Disapproving syllables470 AcrossReveal answer → It may be mental572 AcrossReveal answer → Out, in a way673 AcrossReveal answer → "That's cool, man"475 AcrossReveal answer → Words that may open doors577 AcrossReveal answer → _NIGHT1679 AcrossReveal answer → Learning method483 AcrossReveal answer → Guard, as a goal487 AcrossReveal answer → Get rid of488 AcrossReveal answer → "Yadda, yadda"389 AcrossReveal answer → Squeaker … or squealer390 AcrossReveal answer → Home improvement initials392 AcrossReveal answer → Italian wine city493 AcrossReveal answer → Fiber also known as viscose595 AcrossReveal answer → Toddler's jumping spot on a rainy day697 AcrossReveal answer → FRAN_1999 AcrossReveal answer → More reasonable5104 AcrossReveal answer → Interprets5105 AcrossReveal answer → Suspended musical instruments5106 AcrossReveal answer → Vein contents3107 AcrossReveal answer → Calm7108 AcrossReveal answer → Title that becomes loftier when an E is added3111 AcrossReveal answer → Escort to a penthouse, say5112 AcrossReveal answer → _IALO_21116 AcrossReveal answer → Even4120 AcrossReveal answer → Carry on4121 AcrossReveal answer → Tender cut4122 AcrossReveal answer → Pie portions, shapewise6123 AcrossReveal answer → Crones4124 AcrossReveal answer → Gas brand that sounds like two letters of the alphabet4125 AcrossReveal answer → Invention originally developed as a yellow dye3126 AcrossReveal answer → Refuse to budge6127 AcrossReveal answer →

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Striplings41 DownReveal answer → Texter's "Then again …"42 DownReveal answer → Bananas43 DownReveal answer → Chants74 DownReveal answer → Briefly swam85 DownReveal answer → Home to more than 1,500 languages: Abbr.36 DownReveal answer → Affixed, as a patch77 DownReveal answer → "Let's do this!"48 DownReveal answer → Macadamia, for one39 DownReveal answer → Closely following610 DownReveal answer → Racing vehicle611 DownReveal answer → Napoleon exile site412 DownReveal answer → No longer relevant413 DownReveal answer → Inc., abroad314 DownReveal answer → Childish comeback615 DownReveal answer → Maid of Sherwood Forest616 DownReveal answer → Many a printer517 DownReveal answer → Consequences of supply chain problems920 DownReveal answer → Cross424 DownReveal answer → Dizzying gallery works525 DownReveal answer → Pauses while playing526 DownReveal answer → Treasure or desert follower632 DownReveal answer → Ewoks' home moon533 DownReveal answer → Job that may involve jumping through hoops935 DownReveal answer → Form of detective fiction436 DownReveal answer → Channel for gaming enthusiasts?437 DownReveal answer → Actress Skye438 DownReveal answer → Words after check, follow or catch439 DownReveal answer → Bum540 DownReveal answer → Reason to take a shot341 DownReveal answer → Some odoriferous gifts446 DownReveal answer → Smartphone predecessors, for short448 DownReveal answer → Female rapper with a longtime feud with Foxy Brown649 DownReveal answer → "Diminutive" Greek letter451 DownReveal answer → Nickname that omits "-ory"452 DownReveal answer → London park453 DownReveal answer → Chemistry test?955 DownReveal answer → Travel bag657 DownReveal answer → Bag358 DownReveal answer → Not very favorable, as some 84-Down459 DownReveal answer → Car with a stylized lightning bolt logo461 DownReveal answer → Thai money464 DownReveal answer → "Gotcha"465 DownReveal answer → Group with a tartan466 DownReveal answer → It may drive one to distraction, in brief468 DownReveal answer → Thumbnail, maybe369 DownReveal answer → A-lister471 DownReveal answer → Sauce traditionally made in a mortar574 DownReveal answer → Steal976 DownReveal answer → Attach with a click678 DownReveal answer → Carpenter's spacer480 DownReveal answer → Ophthalmology concerns581 DownReveal answer → Green sci.482 DownReveal answer → 2 to 5, say484 DownReveal answer → Infraction at an arcade485 DownReveal answer → ___ of Horus (Egyptian symbol of healing)386 DownReveal answer → Element used in bulb filaments891 DownReveal answer → "Shoo!"594 DownReveal answer → Display some emotion, perhaps595 DownReveal answer → Member of the N.F.L.'s "Big Blue," in brief796 DownReveal answer → Prepares to puree, perhaps, as papayas798 DownReveal answer → Fantasy realm ruled by King Caspian699 DownReveal answer → Feature of Anthony Robles, a 2011 N.C.A.A. national champion wrestler6100 DownReveal answer → Shows pride in one's appearance, in a way6101 DownReveal answer → Result in6102 DownReveal answer → Producer of a call to arms4103 DownReveal answer → Go ___ (fail)5104 DownReveal answer → Poop4109 DownReveal answer → School grps.4110 DownReveal answer → Hide4111 DownReveal answer → Vet4113 DownReveal answer → Western Indians4114 DownReveal answer → Subtle summons4115 DownReveal answer → Fingers3117 DownReveal answer → Park place?3118 DownReveal answer → Road recklessness of a sort, for short3119 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the New York Times crossword published on Sunday, August 16, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.